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Picture was taken at the maternelle where my girls go. Petite Clown almost always closes her eyes when her picture is taken.
Yesterday, we walked into the girls schoolyard surrounded by princesses, Spiderman, a magician and many other superheros and ghouls.
Sweet Bear and Petite Clown wore their costumes from this past Halloween to school. [...]

My son has started speaking French! 
He has said lait (milk), oh la la (very important), and oui (yes).  He hasn’t started to say no in English or French like the girls did.  No was pretty much one of the very first words that the girls said.  It is still one of their favorite words unfortunately. 
That brings me [...]

My son has started speaking French! 
He has said lait (milk), oh la la (very important), and oui (yes).  He hasn’t started to say no in English or French like the girls did.  No was pretty much one of the very first words that the girls said.  It is still one of their favorite words unfortunately. 
That brings me [...]

My son has started speaking French! 
He has said lait (milk), oh la la (very important), and oui (yes).  He hasn’t started to say no in English or French like the girls did.  No was pretty much one of the very first words that the girls said.  It is still one of their favorite words unfortunately. 
That brings me [...]

I stand outside the doors to my daughters school. I am peering into the window to see if someone is around to let me in because like in all French schools the doors are locked at starting time. A wide smile greets me. I like this particular woman because she has a [...]

Sweet Bear was sitting at the kitchen table finishing her lunch.  She has two hours for déjeuner (lunch) and then she returns to école to finish out her day which ends at 4:05. 
Petite Clown goes only in the morning since les petits only take a nap in the afternoon.  Besides mornings are hard enough for [...]

I really miss clothes dryers.  Of course, dryers are sold in France.  But, it is not something that has become a part of every household as it has in America. 
With three small children a dryer is almost a necessity.  In the summer clothes can dry quickly.  The problem is in our old apartment (like many in France) there is not [...]

I really miss clothes dryers.  Of course, dryers are sold in France.  But, it is not something that has become a part of every household as it has in America. 
With three small children a dryer is almost a necessity.  In the summer clothes can dry quickly.  The problem is in our old apartment (like many in France) there is not [...]

Auchan in Strasbourg
When I first went to Auchan with Vilay it was as a tourist.  I had came for a 9 day visit with Angel Girl and I needed film for my camera.  The next time I would visit Auchan would be some years later and it was to shop.  I had to ask Vilay [...]

I love taking pictures. 
I regret that after we moved out of my mother’s house that I couldn’t take more pictures of our life in America.  The cable for uploading picures from our digital camera was left in France.  We were using my mother’s camera until we moved in with my father which was only two [...]